ODUNDO, Magdalene: BONACINA, Andrew (ed.)
The Journey of Things (4rd printing)

The Journey of Things by Magdalene Odundo enters its fourth reprint! A result and testament to the book’s enduring resonance with long-standing and emerging audiences. The book features 44 of Odundo’s vessels alongside a large selection of museological and contemporary objects that reveal the wide range of global references that have informed her practice. The book object comprises a series of interleaved sections presenting an organic flow of content which pairs and juxtaposes the historic and the contemporary, featuring works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Lucie Rie, Jean Arp, as well as ancient vessels from Greece and Egypt, historic ceramics from Africa, Asia and Central America, and ritual objects from across the African continent. [publishers’ note]

Originally published alongside the exhibition of the same name, curated by Andrew Bonacina at The Hepworth Wakefield in Spring 2019.

Published by InOtherWords, 2025
Design by OK-RM
Artists' Books / Crafts